[SevenMinusOne]

It's a campaign playing chess against an extremely well-financed Marxist with an adoring media.

Agree with you here, completely. Except I see the McCain camp and RNC playing kids checkers....not chess. Though, Gov Palin deserves credit, she at least seems willing to engage, to fight. But the RNC seems continually plain scared and McCain two debate performances speak volumes.

[impeachedrapist]

I was in the D.C. Metro area earlier this week and saw a very powerful RNC ad smacking Obama on his bailout "plan". It ran multiple times in just a couple of days.

McCain's debate performances were yawners. They were also what I expected (although I did hope to hear about Franklin Raines and Johnson!). But I'm sorry, debates are extremely over-rated. Most people watching have already made up their minds, and we all know how the media will report the results. Has a Republican EVER won a debate? (I'm kidding here, but not by much.)